'Colourful, Magical and So Much Fun': Helen & Seun

We've featured a lot of well-dressed couples on the pages of One Fab Day over the years, but today's real wedding goes a step further - it seems as though every single guest brought their style a-game for Helen and Seun's big day! This loved-up pair celebrated with a dreamy 'do that combined food and music from their two cultures, culminating in a raucous party of 250 guests at Springhill Court Hotel in Kilkenny. These images by Katie Kav Photography just radiate love and positivity, so we know you're going to be totally charmed by them! Let's dive in!

Helen and Seun met in college, where they became fast friends, but it wasn't until after they left university that they became a couple. Helen tells us, "About a year after college ended, we got together and fell in love. We will be together nine years this month!"

How gorgeous is flower girl, Emily? "I really wanted a photo of her in my wedding shoes on the morning, so I could give her the picture on her wedding day," Helen tells us. What a sweet idea!

Helen describes her and Seun's wedding day as "amazing, colourful, magical and so much fun. It was important to us that we, along with our family and friends, enjoyed ourselves."

Helen's bridal look is so effortlessly romantic! Her embellished gown is from Sabella Bridal in Waterford.

Seun popped the question during a trip to Kildare to visit friends. "Seun kept saying I wouldn’t expect when it would happen," Helen remembers. "I had been getting the nails done and all but that weekend I hadn’t a bit of polish on! A little while into the visit, Seun asked me to go into the sitting room to take a photo with him. He closed the door behind us and I was fixing my hair with the camera on, and when I turned around he was down on one knee asking me to be his wife!"

Not only were the couple's pals in on the act, but they were waiting in the next room with 'Here Comes the Bride' on standby! "We went out on the town in Kildare that night and celebrated," Helen tells us. "The band that played in the pub, Entourage, ended up being our wedding band. It was Seun’s idea, and it turned out to be the best decision we made. We had only heard them that once and not again before the wedding!"

When asked to pick a highlight from the day, Helen tells us, "it was really special when we exchanged vows. We also loved getting our portraits done, just the two of us, and travelling in the car to the hotel together."

We weren't kidding about the wedding guest style!

This is less a picture caption and more an impassioned plea for engaged couples - can you all incorporate post-ceremony snacks into your wedding budget, pretty please? Bonus points if they're talking points, too, like these tasty-looking African treats.

Incorporating elements from Irish and Nigerian culture was hugely important to this pair. "We felt the cultures blended very well," Helen says, "as both cultures like to eat, drink and dance! So we had both African and Irish food and music on the day."

The couple chose the Sprinhill Court Hotel in Kilkenny for their fun-filled reception. "The hotel was located in a very central place for all our guests. We felt the hotel could accommodate the intercultural aspects associated with the wedding, such as allowing Nigerian caters in on the day. They also allowed us to bring in our own wine!"

Helen was keen to add lots of personal touches to their wedding. "I made gift boxes for all the bridal party, put a little note at each person’s place setting, and had positive affirmations around the room. We also had a drop-box heart frame made up that we hope will go in our new home one day!"

The couple's advice for brides and grooms-to-be is wonderfully practical. "Get things organised in advance, even if you think it’s too early to do it, for example, ordering gifts for people, making the ceremony booklets, and putting together the bathroom baskets. It just means that on the week of the wedding, you don’t have a huge amount to do."

Coconut Chin-Chin at the ceremony, Tayto at the reception... we are 100% on board with the intercultural snack offering at this wedding!

After the wedding, Helen and Seun headed off to Delphi Resort for a minimoon. "It was really nice and relaxing, there was no WiFi, TV or phone signal," Helen says. "We're heading to Las Vegas and New York in September for two weeks and we can’t wait!"

What a gorgeous couple these guys make! At this point we have to give a huge shout-out to Katie Kav Photography for sharing the incredible images from Helen and Seun's day, and, of course, to the couple themselves for giving us the full back-story!